21The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.


In Context

18 The Israelites went up to Bethel and inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go first to fight against the Benjamites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."

19 The next morning the Israelites got up and pitched camp near Gibeah.

20 The men of Israel went out to fight the Benjamites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.

21 The Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

22 But the men of Israel encouraged one another and again took up their positions where they had stationed themselves the first day.

23 The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and they inquired of the LORD . They said, "Shall we go up again to battle against the Benjamites, our brothers?" The LORD answered, "Go up against them."

Judges 20:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin coming out of Gabaa, slew of the children of Israel that day two and twenty thousand men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21The Benjaminites came out of Gib'e-ah, and felled to the ground on that day twenty-two thousand men of the Israelites.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin came forth from Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men — to the earth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.